If your child with a diagnosis of Autism is clumsy and falling a lot they may have difficulties with their motor control. Physiotherapy can help your child with Autism, often including working on balance, strength, sensory awareness of their bodies, coordinating their movements for play and being active in their environments. Physiotherapy will develop a program tailored to your child's needs that you can follow at home or in the park. Physiotherapy can follow you with a series of visits, so...

In physiotherapy, I train children with different special needs including cerebral palsy, developmental delays, complex medical needs, spina bifida and others. I work to make sure the child achieves their optimal level of motor performance. I was just reading an article on the best way to train motor tasks in children with cerebral palsy. Is is better to train for the tasks that the child is interested in learning, i.e. their goals, or to train different components of the task like balance,...

I'm asked by many parents, is crawling important for my infant? Crawling is a means by which infants can explore in their environment - they learn about their world by doing and moving around. Some infants miss this stage, as they've had difficulty with tummy time. It's important to help them learn to be comfortable with tummy time, so they will be able to push up on their hands and then use their abdominals to lift their hips up into all fours. Before crawling infants usually rock back and...